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100			_aKingwell, Mark _eauthor
245		4	_aThe Ethics of architecture / _cMark Kingwell
260			_aNew York, NY : _bOxford University Press, _cc2021
300			_axxi, 151 pages ; _c22 cm.
365			_bUSD16
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aPreface -- Built Forms and Ethics: The General Issues -- Chapter 1. Creating Buildings -- Chapter 2. Creating Environments -- Chapter 3. Creating Communities -- Chapter 4. Creating Art -- Chapter 5. Creating Justice -- Chapter 6. Creating Being -- Chapter 7. Epilogue: Afterthoughts; or Thoughts After Walking Acknowledgments
520			_aThe Ethics of Architecture offers a short and approachable scholarly introduction to a timely question: in a world of increasing population density, how does one construct habitable spaces that promote social goals like health, happiness, environmental friendliness, and justice? What are the special ethical obligations assumed by architects? Because their work creates the basic material conditions that make all other human activity possible, architects and their associates in building enjoy vast influence on how all we live, work, play, worship, and think. With this influence comes tremendous, and not always examined, responsibility. This book addresses the range of ethical issues that architects face, with a broad understanding of ethics. Beyond strictly professional duties - transparency, technical competence, fair trading - lie more profound issues that move into aesthetic, political, and existential realms.
650			_aARCHITECTURE PHILOSOPHY
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